pull sb in
mainly US informal— phrasal verb with pull uk/pʊl/us/pʊl/verb
If the police pull you in, they arrest you:
The police pulled in dozens of protesters during the demonstration.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arresting & charging
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrest
- assist
- attachment
- charge
- charge sheet
- handcuffs
- hold
- house arrest
- knock
- lag
- Miranda
- pull
- run
- run sb in
- take sb in
- the knock at/on the door idiom
- tighten
- tighten the net idiom
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